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TIL Sweat is basically filtered blood.

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x65Zo TIL Bob Marley's bandleader, Aston "Family Man" Barrett was given the nickname "Family Man" before he had any children, and has since fathered 41 children.
5VOJB TIL twice every day at the same time almost 900 weather balloons are released across the world that collect the data used for forecasting the weather.
kJ7ng TIL that the now common white variant of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus is only about a century old and was serendipitously discovered in a Pennsylvania farm.
jNgZv TIL that flying squirrels glow pink under UV light
aP4J TIL that during the space race the public was generally opposed to funding manned space exploration, and spaceflight was ranked near the top of federal programs the public would prefer cut.